模拟题练习题四及解析

1、（四）同等学力人员申请硕士学位外国语（英语）水平全国统一考试模拟练习题四 Paper One 试卷一 （90minutes） Part Dialogue Communication (10 minutes, 10 points, 1 for each)Section A Dialogue Completion Directions: In this section, you will read 5 short incomplete dialogues between two speakers, each followed by 4 choices marked A, B, C, and D.

2、Choose the answer that best suits the situation to complete the dialogue. Then mark the corresponding letter with a single bar across the square brackets on your machine-scoring ANSWER SHEET. 1. A: Hi Mary. How are you? B: _I didn't sleep last night. The people upstairs were making a lot of nois

3、e till very late.AFine, thank you. And you?BI'm feeling a bit out of sorts this morning. CAs usual. DI slept like a log and didn't want to get out of bed. 2. A: Would you mind my opening the window? B: _.A. Yes, please. B. Yes, as you like. C. No, please dont. D. No, not at all.3. A: Could y

4、ou bring the price down a little? B: _.A. No way. Theres no bargain hereB. Not at all. The bag is already very cheapC. No, the price cannot go down any moreD. Im sorry, but Im afraid I cant4. A: _? B: Yes, Ill have a beefsteak.A. Excuse me. Are you ready to order now? B. Excuse me, but are you alone

5、? C. What do you want to order, sir?D. Please hurry up, sir.5. A: _. B: Thank you, I will.A. Dont forget to bring me the bookB. Please remember me to your dadC. Let me help you with your EnglishD. How beautiful you are today.Section B Dialogue ComprehensionDirections: In this section, you will read

6、5 short conversations between a man and a woman. At the end of each conversation there is a question followed by 4 choices marked A, B, C, and D. Choose the best answer to the question from the 4 choices by marking the corresponding letter with a single bar across the square brackets on your machine

7、-scoring ANSWER SHEET.6. Woman: Im sorry. Our Internet bar is closing in twenty minutes. We open again at 8 a.m.Man: But my paper is due tonight!Question: What is the mans problem? A. He must do eight more papers.B. He must stop to have dinner.C. He must finish his paper before morning.D. He cannot

8、come back the next morning.7. Man: I cannot make a decision whether to buy a new computer or to wait for another 8 months. Woman: Oh, go for it. If you wait for the next most powerful chip, you could be waiting forever. Question: What does the woman suggest?A. Get a new computer at once. B. Make his

9、 own decision.C. Keep his current one. D. Wait for computers with more powerful chips.8. Woman: Id like to cash a check, please. I have an account here. Man: Fine. Wait a moment, please. Question: Where did this conversion most probably happen?A. At a post office. B. In the hospital. C. At a bank. D

10、. In a hotel.9. Woman: Mansfield bought another new car yesterday.Man: He burns a hole in his pocket.Question: What does the man mean?A. Mansfield is very poor. B. Mansfield is very fashion.C. Mansfield is very wasteful. D. Mansfield likes to burn holes everywhere.10. Man: Thank Goodness, party held

11、 yesterday was terrific.Woman: Thank Marge. He was the real backroom boy.Question: What can we learn from the dialogue?A. Marge did a lot for the partys success. B. Yesterdays party was not very good.C. Marge was only a baby boy. D. The woman believed in Marge.Part II Vocabulary (20 minutes, 10 poin

12、ts, 0.5 for each) Section ADirections: In this section, there are 10 sentences, each with one word or phrase underlined. Choose the one from the 4 choices marked A, B, C, and D that best keeps the meaning of the sentence. Then mark the corresponding letter with a single bar across the square bracket

13、s on your machine-scoring ANSWER SHEET.11. Sometimes the messages are conveyed through deliberate “conscious gestures”, other times; our bodies talk without our even knowing it.A. definite B. intentional C. interactive D. delicate12. Initial reports were that multiple waves of warplanes bombed centr

14、al Baghdad, hitting oil refineries and the airport.A .beating B. knocking C. hurting D. striking 13. its a sheer waste of time to argue with such a fool.A .a complete B. an only C. a surely D. absolutely 14. The weather has completely wrecked our plans.A .changed B. postponed C. spoiled D. revised 1

15、5. Nearly eleven thousand people have been arrested for defying the ban on street trading.A. criticizing B. neglecting C. blaming D. disclosing 16. The interior of its cylinder was damaged when the racing car crossed the desert. A. cover B. design C. inside D. make up 17. The bank robber was committ

16、ed to three-year imprisonment.A. filed B. sentenced C. placed D. charged 18. The terrible weather is regarded as a feasible excuse for the slow progress in oil drilling.A. probable B. practical C. useful D. effective 19. Very young children with no reading experience nay astound their parents with t

17、he first words they read, such as a department store sign announcing Big Sale.A. amaze B. fascinate C. convey D. dismay 20. Her intrinsic worth would not be affected by the vicious lies that were told about her.A. inherent B. initiative C. infinite D. innocentSection BDirections: In this section, th

18、ere are 10 incomplete sentences. For each sentence there are 4 choices marked A, B, C, and D. Choose the one that best completes the sentence. Then mark the corresponding letter with a single bar across the square brackets on your machine-scoring ANSWER SHEET.21. He tried to _ the readers by plagiar

19、izing from the work of another writer.A. cheat B. deceive C. trick D. abduct22. Many people proposed that a national committee be formed to discuss _to existing mass transit systems.A. substitutes B. measures C. duplicates D. alternatives23. He has a _ of closing his eyes when he tells a story.A. cu

20、stom B. practice C. habitude D. habit24. The girl _ her tablemate's arm to see if she was fast asleep at class.A. pinched B. punched C. pitched D. preached25. Of the 1,200 million people who call themselves Chinese，_ a very small number speak what is referred to as standard Chinese.A. none but B

21、. but for C. all but D. but then26. Participants in the Shanghai Cooperation Forum _ regional teamwork to promote investment and economic development.A. cursed B. echoed C. bounced D. hailed27. Most scientists agree this outpouring contributes to global warming, which could eventually lead to coasta

22、l flooding , _ weather，and widespread crop lossA. intensive B. extreme C. unpleasing D. unique28. He is believed to have been shot by a rival gang in_ for the shootings last weekA. revenge B. reserve C. reverse D. remedial29. During his two-month stay in China, Tom never_ a chance to practice his Ch

23、inese.A. passed on B. passed up C. passed by D. passed out30. They want to stimulate economic growth in the region by offering _ to foreign investors.A. incentives B. abundances C. warriors D. outnumbersPart Reading Comprehension (45 minutes, 30 points, 1 for each)Directions: There are 5 passages in

24、 this part. Each passage is followed by 6 questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are 4 choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the best one and mark the corresponding letter with a single bar across the square brackets on your machine-scoring ANSWER SHEET.Passage OneThe evidence for

25、 harmony may not be obvious in some families. But it seems that four out of five young people now get on with their parents, which is the opposite of the popularly held image of unhappy teenagers locked in their room after endless family quarrels.An important new study into teenage attitudes surpris

26、ingly shows that their family life is more harmonious than it has ever been in the past. “We were surprised by just how positive todays young people seem to be about their families,” said one member of the research team. “theyre expected to be rebellious and selfish but actually they have other thin

27、gs on their minds; they want a car and material goods, and they worry about whether school is serving them well. Theres more negotiation and discussion between parents and children, and children expect to take part in the family decision-making process. They dont want to rock the boat.” So it seems

28、that this generation of parents is much more likely than parents of 30 years ago to treat their children as friends. “My parents are happy to discuss things with me and willing to listen to me,” says 17-years-old Daniel Lazall. “I always tell them when Im going out clubbing. As long as they know wha

29、t Im doing, theyre fine with it.” Susan Crome, who is now 21, agrees, “Looking back on the last 10 years, there was a lot of what you could call negotiation. For example, as long as Id done all my homework, I could go out on a Saturday night. But I think my grandparents were a lot stricter with my p

30、arents than that.” Maybe this positive view of family life should not be unexpected. It is possible that the idea of teenagers rebellion is not rooted in real facts. A researcher comments, “Our surprise that teenagers say they get along well with their parents comes because of a brief period in out

31、social history when teenagers were regarded as different beings. But that idea of rebelling and breaking away from their parents really only happened during that one time in the 1960s when everyone rebelled. The normal situation throughout history has been a smooth change from helping out with the f

32、amily business to taking it over.” 31. What is the popular image of teenagers today?A. They worry about schoolB. They dislike living with their parentsC. They have to be locked in to avoid troublesD. They quarrel a lot with other family members32. The study shows that teenagers dont want to _A. shar

33、e family responsibilityB. cause trouble in their familiesC. go boating with their familyD. make family decisions33. Compared with parents of 30 years age, todays parents_.A. go to clubs more often with their childrenB. are much stricter with their childrenC. care less about their childrens lifeD. gi

34、ve their children more freedom34. According to the author, teenage rebellion_.A. may be a false beliefB. is common nowadaysC. existed only in the 1960sD. resulted from changes in families35. What is the passage mainly about?A. Negotiation in familyB. Education in familyC. Harmony in familyD. Teenage

35、 trouble in family36. Which of the following is true?A. Young people often lock themselves after quarrels with family members.B. Current family life is more harmonious than past because of current education.C. Parents have a wrong belief about their children all the time.D. The research shows that c

36、hildren want to join family activities and become a decision maker. Passage TwoWhat happens to a teenage kid when the world he thought he knew suddenly changes? Find out in Little Brother by American author Cory DoctorowIt is a fascinating book for a new generation of sci-fi readersMarcus Yallow, 17

37、, from San Francisco is much more comfortable in front of a computer than obeying the rules of societySmart, fast and wise to the ways of the networked world, he has no trouble outwitting his high school's monitoring systemThis way he and his friends get to head off to play a popular online game

38、 in real lifeWhile they are playing, a bomb explodes on the Bay BridgeMarcus stops a military vehicle to get help for his injured friend, but this simple act throws him into a Department of Homeland Security （DHS） secret prisonThere he is treated as a possible terroristHe is eventually let go after

39、four days, but his injured friend disappearsWhen he returns, Marcus discovers that there are many "security measures" in place and that now all citizens are treated like potential terroristsWhile some consider this government action necessary for public safety, Marcus sees this as a comple

40、te destruction of the rights he is supposed to have as a citizenHe knows that no one will believe his story, which leaves him with only one thing to do: to take down the DHS himselfHe helps organize a large network called Xnet to spread the truth, anonymouslyThe book presents a young man who is irre

41、sponsible, but learns about himself, and grows, in the course of the storyAs part of this learning and growing he becomes aware of very serious issues about his society37. What kind of article does this passage belong to?A. A fascinating story B. A book review C. News reportD. A TV program38. The un

42、derlined word destruction in the passage means A. damageB. reward          C. ruinD. protection39. Marcus Yallow was sent to prison because A. he killed his friendB. he bombed a military vehicleC. he did something that a possible terrorist could doD. his

43、injured friend disappeared40. From the second paragraph we can infer that A. Marcus Yallow is much more comfortable obeying the rules of society.B. Marcus Yallow is smart, fast and wise in real life.C. Marcus Yallow always plays online games in real life.D. Marcus Yallow is expert at the network wor

44、ld.41. In the end of the book, Marcus Yallow A. is supposed to be more irresponsibleB. becomes aware of very serious issues about his societyC. presents a young man who is irresponsibleD. plays a popular online game in real life42. Which of the following is true?A. Marcus told everyone his story to

45、make people believe him.B. He works at DHS.C. The only thing he can do is spread the truth through network.D. This book will be popular after publishing. Passage ThreeWhen an emergency situation occurs, observers are more likely to take action if there are few or no other witnessesThis phenomenon is

46、 referred to as the bystander effectThe bystander effect is also called the Genovese effect, which is named after Catherine “Kitty" Genovese, a young woman who was cruelly murdered on March 13, 1964Early in the morning, 28-year-old Genovese was returning home from workAs she approached her apar

47、tment entrance, she was attacked and stabbed by a man later identified as Winston MoseleyDespite Genovese's repeated cries for help, none of the dozen or so people in the nearby apartment building who heard her cries called police for helpThe attack first began at 3:20, but it was not until 3:50

48、 that someone first contacted policeMany psychologists were set thinking by the incident, as well as most AmericansAs the conclusion, the bystander effect came out and later proved by a series of studies and experimentsThere are two major factors that contribute to the bystander effectFirst, the pre

49、sence of other people creates a division of responsibilityBecause there are other observers, individuals do not feel as much pressure to take action, since the responsibility to take action is thought to be shared among all of those presentThe second reason is the need to behave in correct and socia

50、lly acceptable waysWhen other observers fail to react, individuals often take this as a signal that a response is not needed or not appropriateOther researchers have found that onlookers are less likely to take action if the situation is ambiguousIn the case of Kitty Genovese, many of the witnesses

51、reported that they believed that they were witnessing a "lovers' quarrel", and did not realize that the young woman was actually being murdered43. The bystander effect is also called the Genovese effect because _a woman surnamed GenoveseA. it somehow caused the murder ofB. its discover

52、y resulted from the murder ofC. it was actually discovered byD. it always makes people think of44. Genovese was murdered A. while she was going outB. in her apartmentC. halfway homeD. near her apartment45. Which could NOT have been a possible reason for the neighbors not offering Genovese help?A. Th

53、ey believed in the bystander effectB. They thought someone else might help herC. They didn't think they should helpD. They didn't think she needed help46. Before deciding to offer help, observers may , according to the psychologistsA. wait for sort of a signalB. hesitate and estimate the ris

54、k of getting hurtC. want to be sure it's appropriate to reactD. wonder if the victim is worth helping47. The article seems to suggest that, if there had been _ observers, Genovese might not have been murderedA. noB. fewerC. moreD. braver48. Whats the main idea of the passage?A. introduce bystand

55、ers effect to the readers.B. introduce a woman who is murdered.C. people have no responsibility in current society.D. a woman was murdered because of bystanders effect.Passage FourChinese citizens who like to create and use cyber words such as "geilivable" might find a new regulation very

56、"ungeilivable"The new regulation by the General Administration of Press and Publication last week banned the use of Chinglish words created by citizens for publishing in the Chinese language"Geilivable", combining the pinyin geili （giving strength） with the English suffix （后缀） for adjectives, literally means "giving power" or "cool"Different suffixes and prefixes were then added to the word"Hengeiliva